Patents by Inventor Andrea WILLMS

Andrea WILLMS has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11780211
    Abstract: A colored thermoplastic intermediate layer with a width, a height, and a wedge-shaped cross-section with a thicker first end and a thinner second end, at least comprising a first colored thermoplastic layer with a width, a height, and a wedge-shaped cross-section with a thicker first end and a thinner second end, wherein the width and the height of the colored thermoplastic intermediate layer equal the width and the height of the first colored thermoplastic layer, the first colored thermoplastic layer has a dye, the dye concentration in the first colored thermoplastic layer increases from its thicker first end to its thinner second end, the light transmittance through the first colored thermoplastic layer is constant over its entire width and its entire height, and the light transmittance through the colored thermoplastic intermediate layer is constant over its entire width and its entire height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Stephan Gier, Andrea Willms
  • Publication number: 20230127785
    Abstract: A multilayer colored thermoplastic intermediate layer, includes a first thermoplastic layer with a wedge-shaped cross-section; and a second thermoplastic layer having a substantially constant thickness, wherein the first thermoplastic layer is colorless and the second thermoplastic layer is colored with a dye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Andrea WILLMS, Stephan GIER
  • Publication number: 20230131635
    Abstract: A colored thermoplastic intermediate layer with a width, a height, and a wedge-shaped cross-section with a thicker first end and a thinner second end, at least comprising a first colored thermoplastic layer with a width, a height, and a wedge-shaped cross-section with a thicker first end and a thinner second end, wherein the width and the height of the colored thermoplastic intermediate layer equal the width and the height of the first colored thermoplastic layer, the first colored thermoplastic layer has a dye, the dye concentration in the first colored thermoplastic layer increases from its thicker first end to its thinner second end, the light transmittance through the first colored thermoplastic layer is constant over its entire width and its entire height, and the light transmittance through the colored thermoplastic intermediate layer is constant over its entire width and its entire height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Stephan GIER, Andrea WILLMS
  • Publication number: 20220371410
    Abstract: A composite pane with at least one functional element, includes a first pane including an inner side III and an outer side IV, a second pane including an inner side II and an outer side I, a thermoplastic intermediate layer that joins the inner side III of the first pane laminarly to the inner side II of the second pane, at least one functional element that is incorporated into the thermoplastic intermediate layer, wherein the at least one functional element is directly adjacent the inner side III of the first pane and/or the inner side II of the second pane, and a deaeration structure is mounted at least in the region of the functional element that is directly adjacent the first pane and/or second pane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Christian SCHÜRGERS, Stephan GILLESSEN, Sebastian ARENDT, Andrea WILLMS